The Penn's Grove record., 1887-04-23
OF THE WEEK

"A freight train and a construC.
ton tram colllded on the morning Of
the 18th near Diamond Bluff, Min
nesota. -Four men were injured, one
fatally.
The boiler of the Georgia Chem
zeal Works, at Augusta, burst On the
18th, killing George Bigger and in
juring another man.
The worst snow storm" of the
year prevailed on the 18th at Lock
Haven, Penna., snow falling to the
depth OF ten inches. A similar storm
occurred there in April, 1854. Snow
fell at W~lkesbarre on tile same day to
the depth of one foot on a level. Moth.
ing like it for a spring storm has been
seer in the Wyoming Valley since
! April 81, 1857, when snow fell to the
depth of over two feet. Nearly three
inches of snow fell on the morning OF
the 18th in W estchester County, New
York. There is slelghing On some Of
the roads. A heavy rain fell on the
18th in Kansas, Nebraska and Western
Missouri. 1t was succeeded in the
Missouri Valley by snow, which fell to
a depth of two inches.
in St. Louis on the 18th Frederick
I. Legerdeber, a prominent lawyer and
Republican candidate for Congress last
fall, was indicted by the United States
Grand Jury for completely in pension
frauds. lie was arrested by Il United
| States Marshall and held in $500 bail.
"A terrible storm PASSED over the
country around Charleston, West Viz
gina, on the 18th. Little damage was
done at Charleston, but fences, timber
and small houses were levelled in the
country districts south of that city. AT
Kanawha Falls large trees were blown
across the railroad track. A telegram
was received by the Mayor of Column
bus On the evening of the 18th, from
the Mayor of Martins Ferry saying
the latter town was demolished by a
cyclone in the morning"
Fifty grocers in New York were
on the 18th, fined 500 each for selling
Oleomargarine. in violation of law.
Timber Agent Conner, of Florida,
reports to the General Land Office that
a lumber firm in that State has caused
to be cut and removed from Govern
ment lands in one locality $500, 900
feet of timber. valued at S20, 900.
"A tornado passed through Nanse.
mond county, Virginia, on the evening
of the 18th, devastating a track about
one hundred yards in width, The
house of John Wright, six miles from
Suffolk, was demolished. Wright was
dangerously injured, his wife and a
man named Lake were killed, and
Mrs. Wright young sister was fatally
injured.
"A West bound express train on the
New York Central Railroad ran into a
landslide e st. louisville, on the
18th, and the engine was thrown into
the Mohawk river. Edward kennat,
engineer, was killed, and the fireman
and one passenger were slightly in
Jured. Kennat's last words were:
Boys, flag the trains" At a railroad
crossing IN Lancaster, Penna.. on the
afternoon of the 10Th, an express train
struck a wagon containing John
Becker, his wife, their daughter-n-
law and her tW o.year-old child. The
old couple were killed, and the daugh-
ter was severely injured. The child
was picked up off the cow-catcher uE-
hurt.
The daughter of / Ike Welters
was burned to death at Shamokin,
Penna., on the morning of the 18Th,
by the explosion Of & coal oil lamp
Her father and mother were severely
burned In trying to save her, and the
house was burned down.
Major James F. Ryan. of Nc.
keesport, Penna., said to be a brother
of Archbishop Ryan, of Philadelphia,
was killed on the evening of the 10Jh
by being thrown from a wagon.
"A livery stable and twenty-three
stores at Columbus Junction, Indiana,
were burned on the 18th. Loss, $45,-
600; insurance, $780, 00. A fire in
Meeklenburg, New York, on the
morning of the 10Th, destroyed four
stores and a dwelling, causing a loss
of $4,000.
The Third National Bank of
Jersey City, with a capital of $500, 600,
was organized on the evening of
the 18th.
"A cellar in indianapolis was raided
on the 18th, and forty boys, whose ages
ranged from Il to 20 years, were found
playing poker, % and so cents limit.
The boys were nearly all of respectable
families. The entrance to the cellar
was through a saloon.
Three hundred drunken railroad
laborers got up y riot at Lapiat, Mis-
souri,, Oh The evening of the 18th, re
leased two of their number who had
been locked up in the station, and then.
dividing into two crowds, INDUCED in
a general fight, in which several Of the
combatants were dangerously wounded.
"A telegram from San Francisco
says the flour mills in California are
largely curtailing or entirely ceasing
operations. owing to the rise in The
prlce of wheat which will not permit
them To mil at a profit.
A New Yorker has invented a
vacuum car, in which, he says, he can
navigate the air at a high speed and
drop explosives with precision upon the
decks of wal vessels or IN fortified pla-
ces. Tie Navy Department las
deemed the matter of sufficient import
ance to instruct an ordinance officer to
communicate in person with tue iuven-
tor.
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